Detroit
Subtitle: a biography
By: Scott Martelle
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781569765265
Subjects: Economic conditions; History; African Americans; Population
Description: "Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities, and one of the nation's greatest urban failures. It tells how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse--from 1.8 million residents in 1950 to 714,000 only six decades later--resulted from a confluence of public policies, private industry decisions, and deep, thick seams of racism. And it raises the question: when we look at modern-day Detroit, are we looking at the ghost of America's industrial past or its future?" --Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.